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University of California, San Diego - Computer Science and Engineering Department

09/22/2026

🎉 Welcome, Tritons! 💙💛

A new academic year is here, and we’re excited to welcome the 2026–27 UC San Diego Computer Science & Engineering community back to campus! 🐬💻

Whether you’re joining us for your first quarter or returning for another year of learning, research, collaboration, and discovery, we’re glad you’re here.

Here’s to a year of new ideas, big challenges, meaningful connections, and plenty of things to build. 🚀

Welcome to the 2026–27 school year, CSE Tritons! Let’s make it a great one. 🙌

09/21/2026

📣 UC San Diego CSE is hiring Assistant Professors!

The Department of Computer Science and Engineering is hiring tenure-track Assistant Professors across all areas of Computer Science and Engineering.

We’re looking for exceptional researchers who are passionate about building impactful research programs, teaching university students, and helping train the next generation of researchers.

📍 San Diego, California
📅 Priority review: December 1, 2026
📅 Final deadline: June 2, 2027

🔗 Learn more and apply: https://apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF04649

09/02/2026

⚛️ Building more reliable quantum computers.

UC San Diego CSE Associate Professor Yufei Ding is a co-principal investigator on a new $37.5 million NSF-funded center focused on developing practical, self-correcting quantum computers.

Ding leads a research thrust focused on making quantum error-correction practical, bringing together theory, scalable architectures and software to help bridge the gap between promising quantum devices and reliable systems.

🔗 Read the full story:
https://today.ucsd.edu/story/nsf-funds-new-center-to-design-reliable-self-correcting-quantum-computers

08/31/2026

🌉 Bay Area CSE alumni — this one’s for you!

Join us this Sunday, September 6 for the CSE Alumni Summer Picnic in Cupertino! ☀️💻🔱

Spend the afternoon reconnecting with old classmates, meeting fellow Tritons, and catching up with the UC San Diego CSE community. Come share stories, make new connections, and see where your fellow alumni have taken their CSE journey.

📅 Sunday, September 6, 2026
⏰ 12:30–3:30 p.m.
📍 Quinlan Community Center
10185 N Stelling Road
Cupertino, CA 95014

There’s still time to register — we’d love to see you there!

👉 csealumnipicnics.ucsd.edu

08/24/2026

✈️ What if a small device could take over critical electronics on a Boeing 737?

UC San Diego CSE researchers have uncovered a new aviation cybersecurity risk, demonstrating how physical access to an onboard maintenance port could interfere with communications between critical flight computers.

Using real Boeing 737 components in a controlled demonstration, the team showed how a custom device could alter flight-path information and other aircraft data.

Led by Aaron Schulman and Stefan Savage, alongside CSE researchers Sam Crow and Pat Pannuto, the research highlights the importance of securing the physical layer of modern aircraft systems.

🔗 Read the full story: https://today.ucsd.edu/story/researchers-use-a-physical-device-to-take-over-electronics-in-a-boeing-737?_gl=1*18h3dj0*_gcl_au*MjQ3Njc5NjQuMTc4NzAwMDEyNC4tLi0uMTc4NzAwMDEyMy4xNzEzMDg5NzA4LjE3ODcxNjc5NTcuMTc4NzE2Nzk1Ng..*_ga*MTk1MzM1MzY3Mi4xNzg3MDAwMTI0*_ga_PWJGRGMV0T*czE3ODcxNjc5NTYkbzE3JGcwJHQxNzg3MTY3OTU3JGo1OSRsMCRoMA..

08/13/2026

🌲 Seattle CSE alumni — the countdown is on!

Our CSE Alumni Summer Picnic is this Sunday, August 16! If you’re in the Seattle area, come join us for an afternoon of reconnecting with fellow CSE alumni, faculty, students, and friends of the department. 💻🔱

It’s not too late to register! We’d love to see you there and hear what our CSE alumni are up to. Whether you’re catching up with old classmates, meeting fellow Tritons, or sharing where your CSE journey has taken you, we want to connect!

📅 Sunday, August 16
⏰ 11:30 a.m.–2 p.m.
📍 Seattle

👉 Register at csealumnipicnics.ucsd.edu

See you Sunday, Seattle! 💙💛

08/12/2026

Exciting opportunity alert! 💻 We’re Assistant, Associate, and part time Adjunct Professors at the CSE Department!

We’re looking for experienced researchers, educators, and industry leaders to help shape the next generation of computer scientists through teaching, mentorship, research, and collaboration.

With opportunities across areas including AI, cybersecurity, computer architecture, programming languages, systems, and networks, there’s room to bring your expertise to the CSE community.

🗓️ Next review date: September 3

📍 San Diego, CA

🔗 Learn more and apply: https://apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF04582

07/17/2026

☀️ Summer is calling… and so are your fellow CSE alumni! 🌊

Registration for the 2026 CSE Alumni Summer Picnics is officially OPEN! 🎉 Whether you’re reconnecting with old friends, expanding your network, or simply enjoying a beautiful day with the CSE community, we’d love to see you there.

📅 Save the dates:
📍 Seattle – August 16, 2026
📍 Bay Area – September 6, 2026
📍 San Diego (Homecoming Weekend!) – November 7, 2026

Bring your family, catch up with classmates, meet fellow Tritons, and make new memories together. 💙💛

🔗 Register today at csealumnipicnics.ucsd.edu

We can’t wait to celebrate another summer (and fall!) with our amazing CSE alumni community.

06/17/2026

🎉 CSE Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony Recap! 🎉

We celebrated the grand opening of our newly renovated CSE space with a dynamic student collaboration area, 13 new staff offices, and a 2,900-square-foot, state-of-the-art data center designed to fuel the next generation of AI and computing research. 💻🚀

A huge thank you to Department Chair Steven Swanson and former Department Chair Sorin Lerner for sharing their inspiring visions during the ceremony, and to everyone who helped bring this project to life. Here’s to a new era of collaboration, breakthroughs, and sustainability at UC San Diego! 🔱

06/16/2026

Calling all UC San Diego Computer Science and Engineering grads of 2026 - we want to celebrate your incredible achievement!🔥

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